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499) “Ye shall not make with Me gods of silver, or gods of gold,” since it is written, “Mine is the silver and Mine is the gold.” And although Mine is the silver and Mine is the gold, “You shall not make with Me,” meaning of Me.
500) It is written, “There is none like You, O Lord; You are great, and great is Your name in might.” “You are great,” meaning “Mine is the silver,” Hesed, right line. “And great is Your name in might [Gevura],” meaning “And Mine is the gold,” left line. These two colors are invisible and are not praised except when they are carved in one place, in Israel, middle line, Tifferet, which decides and sustains both lines. Here the colors appear so as to be praised, as it is written, “Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
501) “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God, for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness.” Happy are Israel more than idol-worshipping nations because their joy and delight are in the Creator, as it is written, “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord.” Since he said, “In the Lord,” why is it written, “In my God”? However, if He comes to Israel with Rachamim [mercy], “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,” which is Rachamim. If in Din [judgment], “My soul will exult in my God,” which is Din.
502) Israel rejoice with both Hesed and Din because they were carved in Him, in the Creator, as it is written, “For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,” which are colors of HG, which were carved to look in Him and to draw Hochma, as it is written, “They looked, but there was none to save to the Lord.” Thus, salvation is looking. He who wishes to look at Me will look at My colors, which are HG, since it is written, “He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness.” Malchut is called Tzedakah [righteousness/almsgiving], and the colors are engraved in her, meaning that Hochma extends only from Malchut. “As a bridegroom puts on a diadem” is the color Hesed, and “As a bride adorns herself with her jewels” is the color Gevura. When the colors join in the middle line they are visible and all wish to see and to look at Him.
503) “I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God.” There are two joys here: In the Lord is in Rachamim, and “My soul will exult in my God” is in Din. They are glad in all, in both Rachamim and Din, joy over joy. And the joy of Zion: the Creator is destined to delight Israel with more joy than all, as it is written, “And the ransomed of the Lord will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy.” “And the ransomed of the Lord” is one, “Will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion” is two, “With everlasting joy upon their heads” is three, and “They will find gladness and joy” is four. These correspond to the four times that Israel scattered among the nations. Then it is written, “And you shall say on that day, ‘Thank the Lord, call out His name.’”
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